Saphenophis atahuallpae (Atahualpa's Saphenophis Snakes)
Saphenophis atahuallpae (Steindachner, 1901)
This species is distinguished from other species of Saphenophis by the following combination of characters: (1) dark lateral stripe on the lower part of the flanks (anteriorly occupying scale rows 3-4); (2) this stripe is anteriorly continuous with a lateral head stripe; (3) dark vertebral line…